Spring is an exciting time filled with surprises. Surprises like, “OH, that’s where that went!” when snowbanks melt to reveal items lost since first snowfall. Hopefully we won’t have too many of those this year. One year, a melted snowbank …
What is the Heart of the Continent you say? Read on to find out! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Geographic and Heart of the Continent Partnership Introduce Heart of the Continent Geotourism MapGuide and Website Geotourism: Tourism that …
On Wednesday Mike helped Will Steger begin his wilderness canoe country adventure on the ice of Saganaga. Will is planning to travel over 200 miles solo for a month long journey. This 70 year-old adventurer will travel from Saganaga Lake …
What do these three things have in common? Just the fact the Minnesota DNR has provided updates about them in the last week that I want to share with you. First off is the Eagle Cam. If I had endless …
I have to admit I don’t have my entire funeral planned. I have envisioned a Diet Coke Fountain, all you can eat King Crab legs and Bon Jovi singing, “Live While Your Alive and Sleep When You are Dead.” Those …
The water in the Seagull River wasn’t dyed green today for St. Patrick’s Day and I didn’t see any leprechauns skating on the ice out there either. I’m not Irish but I always wanted to be Irish because they get …
A photo of the Boundary Waters taken by a Duluth woman is competing in the Smithsonian.com photo contest. Dawn LaPointe entered a beautiful photo of her husband paddling into a sunrise on a lake in the BWCA. The photo is …
Spring is coming and the first official day is March 20th. There will be 12 hours of sunlight on that day and the days will continue to get longer and longer until the summer solstice. With the warming temperatures and …
When the temperature gets up into the 40’s in Northern Minnesota it makes everyone believe Spring is here. As people watch the snow melt and bare earth appear their brains start to imagine winter is over. Thoughts of raking and …
A radio tower dotting the scenic views at the end of the Gunflint Trail? No thank you, Not In My Back Yard. There is no need for this additional tower because we have good enough coverage without it. In the …